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A BILL FOR A LAW TO AMEND THE WATER AUTHORITY LAW (2018 REVISION) TO MAKE CERTAIN PROVISIONS CONSISTENT WITH THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW, 2017; AND FOR INCIDENTAL AND CONNECTED PURPOSES The Water Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2018 THE WATER AUTHORITY (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2018 MEMORANDUM OF OBJECTS AND REASONS The Bill seeks to amend the Water Authority Law (2018 Revision) to make the Law consistent with the Public Authorities Law, 2017 (Law 21 of 2017). Clause 1 seeks to provide for the short title and commencement of the legislation. Clause 2 seeks to amend section 3 of the principal Law to increase the number of board members from a minimum of six to a minimum of eight persons and to limit the number of public officers to three. This makes the provision consistent with the requirements of section 9(6)(a) of the Public Authorities Law, 2017 which provides that a board shall not be comprised of more than forty percent public or civil servants. 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(1) This Law may be cited as the Water Authority (Amendment) Law, 2018. (2) This Law shall come into force on such date as may be appointed by Order made by the Cabinet. 2. The Water Authority Law (2018 Revision), in this Law referred to as the \u201cprincipal Law\u201d is amended in section 3 as follows \u2013 (a) by repealing subsection  (2)(b) and substituting the following - \u201c(b) not less than eight and not more than ten other members appointed by the Cabinet for a period not exceeding two years, and three other public officers as defined in the Public Service Management Law (2018 Revision).\u201d; and (b) by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsections - \u201c(2A) The Director shall be one of the three public officers appointed under subsection (2). Short title and commencement Amendment of section 3 - establishment and constitution of Water Authority The Water Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2018 (2B) The public officers under subsection (2) shall not be entitled to vote.\u201d. 3. The principal Law is amended in section 4(1) by deleting the words \u201cThe Cabinet shall appoint a Director to be the Chief Executive Officer of the Authority\u201d and substituting the words \u201cThe Board shall appoint the Director to be the Chief Executive Officer of the Authority after consultation with the responsible Minister or Official Member\u201d. 4. The principal Law is amended in the Schedule as follows - (a) in paragraph 4, by deleting the words \u201cthe Cabinet\u201d wherever it appears and substituting the words \u201cthe relevant Minister or Official Member\u201d in each instance. (b) by deleting paragraph 5 and substituting the following - \u201c 5. 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AND FOR\nINCIDENTAL AND CONNECTED PURPOSES\n\nENACTED by the Legislature of the Cayman Islands.\n\n1.\n(1) This Law may be cited as the Water Authority (Amendment) Law,\n2018.\n(2) This Law shall come into force on such date as may be appointed by\nOrder made by the Cabinet.\n2.\nThe Water Authority Law (2018 Revision), in this Law referred to as the\n\u201cprincipal Law\u201d is amended in section 3 as follows \u2013\n(a)\nby repealing subsection  (2)(b) and substituting the following -\n\u201c(b) not less than eight and not more than ten other members\nappointed by the Cabinet for a period not exceeding two years,\nand three other public officers as defined in the Public Service\nManagement Law (2018 Revision).\u201d; and\n(b) by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsections -\n\u201c(2A)\nThe Director shall be one of the three public officers\nappointed under subsection (2).\nShort title and\ncommencement\nAmendment of section 3\n- establishment and\nconstitution of Water\nAuthority\n\nThe Water Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2018\n\n5\n(2B)\nThe public officers under subsection (2) shall not be entitled\nto vote.\u201d.\n3.\nThe principal Law is amended in section 4(1) by deleting the words \u201cThe\nCabinet shall appoint a Director to be the Chief Executive Officer of the\nAuthority\u201d and substituting the words \u201cThe Board shall appoint the Director to be\nthe Chief Executive Officer of the Authority after consultation with the\nresponsible Minister or Official Member\u201d.\n4.\nThe principal Law is amended in the Schedule as follows -\n(a)\nin paragraph 4, by deleting the words \u201cthe Cabinet\u201d wherever it\nappears and substituting the words \u201cthe relevant Minister or\nOfficial Member\u201d in each instance.\n(b) by deleting paragraph 5 and substituting the following -\n\u201c\n5.\nThe Cabinet may terminate the appointment as a\nmember of the Authority at any time if it is satisfied that -\n(a) the member is not fulfilling the mandate of the\nAuthority set by Cabinet;\n(b) the member has, in the opinion of the Cabinet, an\nunacceptable conflict of interest;\n(c) the member\u2019s conduct is detrimental to the\neffective governance of the Board;\n(d) the member has been absent from three\nconsecutive meetings of the Board without the\nconsent of the Chairman of the Board;\n(e) the member\u2019s conduct brings the Authority into\ndisrepute;\n(f) the member becomes bankrupt; 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